Capítulo 1681: Chapter 1681: Clothes Got Dirty
Madam Ruan touched her son’s waist, and said with heartache.
Mo Hengjian curled his lips disdainfully, thinking to himself, Mom is talking nonsense again, how is he thin? He was eating and drinking well outside, even had servants to serve him. He just weighed himself when he ca back, and he has gained several pounds.
“Mom, you’re making my clothes dirty.” Mo Hengjian’s voice sounded again, full of disdain.
“Ah?”
Only then did Madam Ruan co to her senses. Looking carefully, her son had co back wearing a set of shiny brocade clothes. Thinking he had pawned her jewelry to buy them, she imdiately said with distress, “Jianjian, how much did you pawn mom’s jewelry for?”
Stealing his mother’s jewelry to exchange for silver at the pawnshop and then indulging himself, Mo Hengjian didn’t feel ashad at all and said loudly, “That junk isn’t worth much, it only pawned for two taels of silver.”
“Two taels of silver? Son, did soone cheat you? That was the heirloom your grandma left , worth at least 100 taels of silver, how… how could you pawn it for just two taels?” Madam Ruan was overwheld with heartache upon hearing this.
This son has read so many books, yet to no avail, doesn’t even know when he’s being cheated.
“The shopkeeper at the pawnshop said that stuff isn’t worth much, that even the two taels of silver were more than enough.”
“What a foolish son, they deceived you!”
“Impossible, it was a pawnshop introduced by my good friend, how could they deceive ?”
“Which good friend of yours is this? Does mom know them?”
“A classmate from the Private School, all sons of rich families, how could a rural woman like you, so poor that even the lamps clatter, know them.”
“Forget it, forget it, as long as the jewelry is gone, it’s fine, as long as you’re still here.” Since her daughter died, Madam Ruan has beco much more indifferent to money within a single night.
“Jianjian, let mom tell you, Xiuzhi is gone, I’m in so much pain, can you stay by my side in the future, to keep company, is that okay?”
Mo Hengjian pushed Madam Ruan away in disgust and said, “How could that be, this remote small town, I don’t want to stay here even for a day.”
“Mom will accompany you to the Private School.”
“Didn’t you say we have no money? How can I go to the Private School?”
“The village head compensated us with your sister’s funeral expenses, so we have silver now, Jianjian, you can go to the Private School.” After saying this, Madam Ruan couldn’t help but burst into tears again.
The silver obtained at the cost of her daughter’s life, to pay for her son’s education, made her heart ache just thinking about it.
Mo Hengjian was overjoyed upon hearing there was silver. He murmured to himself, “Great, I can go to the Private School again.”
“In a few days, mom will go with you, from now on I will be your little schoolboy, helping you carry things and serving you food and drink.”
“There’s no such old attendant student in the Private School! No, mom, you can’t go.” Mom, a rural woman dressed so plainly, if she accompanied him to the Academy, his classmates would die laughing.
“Jianjian, it’s good for mom to take care of you, then you can study with peace of mind.”
“I have an attendant student; I don’t need you to take care of .”
Madam Ruan paused for a mont: “You have an attendant student?”
“Yes.”
“Where did you get one?”
“Look, here he is!” Mo Hengjian pulled out the servant standing behind him.
This little schoolboy appeared to be about eleven or twelve, with delicate features and very pleasant.
Madam Ruan stared in amazent: “Jianjian, where did you get the silver to hire a schoolboy!”
“With the silver from pawning the jewelry!” Mo Hengjian said as if it were a matter of course.
“Did you spend the two taels of silver already?”
“Yes, it was too little, it doesn’t last long, I didn’t buy much, and the silver was gone.” Mo Hengjian’s expression was full of contempt.
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